Rockbridge Camera Club

09/08/2026

SEPTEMBER 15 MEETING at 6:30 pm in the Piovano Room at the Rockbridge Regional Library

Guest Speaker Sports Photographer Bob Donnan

Since this is our first meeting after Summer break, Chuck Almarez will take just a few minutes to review
some PHOTO BASICS, i.e., • Composition • Shutter Speed • Aperture • ISO
But while the review will cover basics, our guest speaker for the evening will cover them from a PRO PERSPECTIVE.

Bob Donnan is primarily a Sports Photographer living in Southwest Virginia. Over his career, he has covered multiple NCAA Final Fours, NCAA Football Championships, NCAA Soccer Championships, NBA Finals and The Summer Olympics.

You can probably guess that there might be a heavy emphasis on Stop Motion, but that only covers one aspect. How about formatting to capture the subject, proper exposure to adjust for shutter speed and available light, and cropping to highlight the subject? All this while meeting a deadline and avoiding high speed bodies coming right at you!

Here’s Bob’s 2026 World Sports Photography winner in the Basketball category . . .

To see more images from Bob Donnan, go to:
https://www.instagram.com/_e_y_e_photo/
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Remember, your photo assignment for September will be “What I photographed on my summer vacation.” Please select two or three images from your summer photography to share with the club and email JPEG images to Bob Kovach ([email protected]). Bob will format your images for display at our September 15 meeting. Please email your images no later than September 13.


- Michele

866 Followers, 267 Following, 138 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Bob Donnan ()

02/20/2026

A new collection of RCC photos went up at Sweet Treats Bakery. Check them out; take a closer look!

09/17/2025

Subject: Camera Club Meeting - Tuesday 9/23/25

Reminder: Our September Rockbridge Camera Club meeting (first of the new year) will be at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, September 23 in the Piovano Room at the Rockbridge Library, 138 S. Main Street, Lexington. Please note that for this September we will be meeting on the fourth Tuesday of the month.

The meeting topic is Improving Posing for Photography. We will be covering how to improve your informal posing of adults and children, using a camera or smartphone.

Also, for this meeting you may bring your favorite photo taken this summer to share in the meeting. Please bring your favorite photo on a flash drive.

Reminder, the club needs volunteers to serve as President, plus chairs of the Programs, Outings and Workshops committees.

07/03/2025

The Nelson Gallery's Openiing Reception for July's guest artist, photographer David Natkin, will be on the SECOND Friday, July 11, at 5-7pm. The Gallery will be closed on FIRST Friday, July 4, to celebrate Independence Day.

Our Openiing Reception for July's guest artist, photographer David Natkin, will be on the SECOND Friday, July 11, at 5-7pm. The Gallery will be closed on FIRST Friday, July 4, to celebrate Independence Day.

03/23/2025

Come to the Nelson Gallery's First Friday Reception on April 4 from 5-7pm to view Ben Greenberg's photographs.

Ben Greenberg’s Favorite Natural Virginia Photographs and the Stories Behind Them - - First Friday Reception is Scheduled for
April 4th, 5–7PM

03/12/2025

Photo Walk: Capturing Motion at Roaring Run Streamside Trail

When: Saturday, March 29, 2025 beginning at 10:00 am

Roaring Run Trail offers a perfect place to practice the motion techniques taught in the March meeting. Roaring Run is an easy hike up the paved Streamside Trail that runs along a fast-moving stream. At the end of the trail, a natural, thirty foot waterfall cascades down on a large rock formation. This location is an easy walk and offers many beautiful places to practice intentional camera movement and long exposure techniques. This outing is appropriate for participants using DLSR, digital cameras and mobile phones.

Meet in the parking lot.
Roaring Run Day Use Area
450 Roaring Run Road, Eagle Rock, VA

02/17/2025

The Rockbridge Camera Club will meet at 6:30 pm Tuesday, February 18 (tomorrow) in the Piovano Room at the Rockbridge Regional Library. At the meeting, Chuck Almarez and Bob Kovach will discuss tips and tricks to improve your use of the camera on your smartphone.

(Michele for RCC)

01/18/2025

For our next camera club meeting, we will forget about the cold winter weather and cover warm weather travel with the camera you always have with you: your smartphone. Covered will be 20 plus tips to make great photos with your iPhone or Android phone.

We will meet at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, January 21 in the Piovano Room at the Rockbridge Library in Lexington.

(Michele for RCC)

12/09/2024

The Fx2 awards list for 2024; congrats to all